The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-03-10
Notes from Washington County.
Corrcspondencc of the journal.

Correspondence of the journal.
Observing an article recently written by Pro-
fessor Somebody about the glories of Washing
ton County, its beauties, its riches, its climate,
IFS productions, sca-weed, its possibilities in
raising crop of oysters, which might pay to
any adventurous spirit who had the bol,lncss to
invest few dollars in fencing in some of the
waste hooks and corners Of water by a low
dyke or dam, a thousand fold, came to the
con, ,lusion that the Professor was about right.
We do believe that there is room in Washing
ton County for Il thousand industries which
would pay handsome percentage to men and
women who are willing to work. A little sci
ence, mixed with an intelligent willingness to
labor. will not fail to discover sources of money
making which would open themselves to almost
any Jealous advocate of intelligent labor. Men
who own lands on the shore, and who are not
intelligent enough to know their value, are dis
posing of them in twenty or thirty acre lots for
song to persons who as soon as the deeds
are signed have, in their own minds, added
twice or three times the value to these acres.
The men who originally owned these lands
never had Il single conception in their minds
that those lands We're made for any other pur-
pose but to hold the world together. A couple
Of acres of ledge has no possible value to Il man
who has always lived Oh the land and travcrscd
its shores a thousand times. and picked up Il lit
tie drift-wood from the Cove in which lies bur-
led IFS thouSands of dollars. and by which an
intelligent outlay of a comparatively few dol
lars would uncover or discover those thousands
which have been hidden from the unintelligent
mind Of the owner. never to he discovered by
him until too late. The Professor was right
when he speaks of hidden or unknown riches
i'll Washington County. The Young men of to-
day, who flee from this county as soon as they
are llcdged. will by and by find that had they
opened their eyes wide enough, the probability
is they would lave seen more in the rocks Of
Washington County than their fathers ever did.
| did not intend to discourse 50 much on this
theme. but one cannot always set bounds to his
vision.
Hrin" about TO draw to Il close nv CORES
pon,cnce with the Republican journal. which
has been 50 pleasant for Il number of wears. |
nave to thank the editor of the paper for the
uniform courtesy always shown my sometimes
crude productions. and With this communities
ton will ask to be excused from further urcil-
pyin" the position of your a>hin-ton Coun-
+ correspondent" like the broad Views Of
tn" Journal. and it. Willingness to di>ct,>> the
temperance question in its different phases. and
to state lis own Views with .lcarnes> and
strength. The attitude of the Journal on the
third party question is sound and cannot be
successfully controNnrted. Tile third party. no
doubt. will in more instances than have as vet
appeared succeed in cicctn- rum candidate, to
important offices. That is al the ypod it can
accomplish The day is not far distant when
its advocates will see il clearly. and the third
party. after it, day of mischief will follow the
Grccnhack party into retirement, and its >ens-
bic members will return to the only temperance
party there j.. and the remainder will find their
proper home with tie Democratic party.